Category Archives: Tech News

Hopin, the struggling virtual events startup valued at $7.75B in August 2021, sells its Events and Session units to RingCentral; CEO Johnny Boufarhat steps down (Amy Lewin/Sifted)

Amy Lewin / Sifted: Hopin, the struggling virtual events startup valued at $7.75B in August [...]

02
Aug
Meta says it has begun ending access to news on Facebook and Instagram in Canada, following a new law that would force it to negotiate deals to pay publishers (Chavi Mehta/Reuters)

Chavi Mehta / Reuters: Meta says it has begun ending access to news on Facebook [...]

01
Aug
X says Elon Musk will lead product and engineering teams, CEO Linda Yaccarino will lead teams including legal and sales, and both will oversee trust and safety (Sheila Dang/Reuters)

Sheila Dang / Reuters: X says Elon Musk will lead product and engineering teams, CEO [...]

31
Jul
Study: just 2% of Spotify "super listeners" drive over 18% of monthly streams on average for an artist, with the number rising to 30% for the biggest artists (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide)

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: Study: just 2% of Spotify “super listeners” drive over [...]

30
Jul
A profile of Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, considered by lawmakers, CEOs, and activists as an essential guide for what's happening in tech (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)

Kashmir Hill / New York Times: A profile of Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in [...]

29
Jul
Sources: President Biden plans to sign an executive order to limit US investments in semiconductors, AI, and quantum computing in China by mid-August (Jenny Leonard/Bloomberg)

Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg: Sources: President Biden plans to sign an executive order to limit [...]

28
Jul
Seattle-based Proprio, which offers a device with multiple cameras and a display that shows real-time 3D visualization of surgery, raised a $43M Series B (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Seattle-based Proprio, which offers a device with multiple cameras and a [...]

27
Jul
T-Mobile rolls out ultrafast 5G capable of 3.3Gbps, first in a few US markets for Samsung Galaxy S23 users only, then nationwide in "the coming weeks" (Wes Davis/The Verge)

Wes Davis / The Verge: T-Mobile rolls out ultrafast 5G capable of 3.3Gbps, first in [...]

26
Jul
Sources: EU regulators rebuffed an offer from Meta to curb its use of rivals' ad data for Facebook Marketplace as a way to settle an antitrust investigation (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Sources: EU regulators rebuffed an offer from Meta to curb [...]

25
Jul
Researchers find flaws, likely backdoors, in encryption algorithms from the TETRA standard used in radios commonly deployed by police and military orgs globally (Kim Zetter/Wired)

Kim Zetter / Wired: Researchers find flaws, likely backdoors, in encryption algorithms from the TETRA [...]

24
Jul